D. H. Lawrence(教育四班---第三组)

D.H.Lawrence(1885-1930)•09教育四班---Cls.4Grp.3Contents：•IntroductiontoHisLife•WrittenWorks•WritingStyle•WorkAnalysis---SonsandLovers&TheRocking-HorseWinner•PosthumousReputationBorn---DavidHerbertLawrence11September,1885Easterwood,Nottinghamshire,EnglandDied---2March,1930(aged44)Vence（旺斯）,FranceOccupation---NovelistNationality---BritishD.H.LawrencewasborninEasterwood,Nottinghamshire.Hisfatherwasabarelyliterateminer,andhismotherwasamiddle-classwomanandaschoolteacher,andhadadeepinfluenceuponhislife.AfterreceivingeducationatlocalschoolsandatNottinghamUniversityCollege,Lawrenceworkedforatimeasateacher.Inthemeantime,hebegantowriteandpublishliteraryworks.••InMarch,1912LawrencemetFriedaWeekley,aGermannoblewomanandthewifeofaprofessoratNottinghamUniversity.Hewastosharetherestofhislifewithher.Theyfellinlove,elopedtoEurope,andweremarriedin1914whenshewasdivorcedbyherhusband.Duringtheyearsfrom1912to1914,becauseofmilitarism,LawrencewasarrestedandaccusedofbeingaBritishspy.Lawrence`sobjectiontoWWI,togetherwiththeGermanoriginofhiswife,causedthemmuchtroublewiththeBritishauthoritiesin1914-1918.Afterthewar,theyledawanderinglife,livingforbriefperiodsinGermany,Austria,Italy,England,France,Australian,NewZealand,andAmerica.HediedoftuberculosisinasanatoriuminsouthernFranceattheageof44(2March,1930).ChapeleastofTaos,NewMexico,whereLawrence'sashesareinterredD.H.LawrenceBirthplaceMuseuminEastwood,NottinghamshireGenre:Poems,stories,novelettes,novels,plays,literarycriticism,essays,lettersandtravelbooks.•Novels•TheWhitePeacock《白孔雀》(1911Published)--thefirstnovel•TheTrespasser《逾矩的罪人》(1912)•SonsandLovers《儿子与情人》(1913)(largelyautobiographical)•TheRainbow《虹》(1915)•WomeninLove《恋爱中的女人》(1921)•TheLostGirl《迷路的女孩》(1920)•Aaron'sRod《出走的男人》(1922)•Kangaroo《袋鼠》(1923)•TheBoyintheBush《灌木丛中的男孩》(1924)•ThePlumedSerpent《羽蛇》(1926)•LadyChatterley'sLover《查泰莱夫人的情人》(1928)•TheEscapedCock《逃走的公鸡》(1929)•TheVirginandtheGypsy《处女与吉卡塞人》(1930)•Shortstoriescollections•ThePrussianOfficerandOtherStories《普鲁士军官以及其它故事》(1914)•England,MyEnglandandOtherStories《英国，我的英国和其它故事》(1922)•TheHorseDealer'sDaughter《马贩子的女儿》(1922)•TheFox,TheCaptain'sDoll,TheLadybird《女狐、上尉的布娃娃、瓢虫》(1923)•StMawrandotherstories(1925)•TheWomanwhoRodeAwayandotherstories《骑马出走的女人》(1928)•TheRocking-HorseWinner《木马赢家》(1926)•Poetrycollections•LovePoemsandothers《爱情诗集》(1913)•Amores《阿摩斯》(1916)•Look!Wehavecomethrough!《瞧，我们走过来了》(1917)•NewPoems《新诗集》(1918)•Bay:abookofpoems《海湾》(1919)•Tortoises(1921)•Birds,BeastsandFlowers《鸟，兽，花》(1923)•TheCollectedPoemsofDHLawrence《劳伦斯诗集》(1928)•Pansies(1929)•Nettles《荨麻》(1930)•LastPoems《最后的诗集》(1932)•Fireandotherpoems《火》(1940)•TheWhiteHorse《白马》(1964)WritingStyle•CriticandadmirerTerryEagletonsituatesLawrenceontheradicalrightwing,ashostiletodemocracy,liberalism,socialism,andegalitarianism,thoughneveractuallyembracingfascism.SomeofLawrence'sbeliefscanbeseeninhisletterstoBertrandRussellaroundtheyear1915,wherehevoiceshisoppositiontoenfranchisingtheworkingclass,hishostilitytotheburgeoninglabourmovements,anddisparagestheFrenchRevolution,referringtoLiberty,Equality,andFraternityasthethree-fangedserpent.ratherthanarepublic,LawrencecalledforanabsoluteDictatorandequivalentDictatrixtolordoverthelowerpeoples.•Lawrencecontinuedthroughouthislifetodevelophishighlypersonalphilosophy.HisunpublishedintroductiontoSonsandLoversestablishedthedualitycentraltomuchofhisfiction.ThisisdonewithreferencetotheHolyTrinity.Ashisphilosophydevelops,LawrencemovesawayfrommoredirectChristiananalogiesandinsteadtouchesuponMysticism,Buddhism,andPagantheologies.Insomerespects,Lawrencewasaforerunnerofthegrowinginterestintheoccultthatoccurredinthe20thcentury.•Autobiographicalnovel•In1999,theModernLibraryrankedSonsandLoversninthonalistofthe100bestnovelsinEnglishofthe20thcentury•Itissetinacoal-miningdistrictandbasedontheauthor`searlylife.Lawrencebeganworkingonthenovelintheperiodofhismother'sillness.Heviewedhismotherasacleverandelegantwoman.Actuallyheregardeditasanunluckythingthathismothermarriedhiscoalminingfather.Hebelievedthathismotherhadmarriedbelowherclassstatus.Father(WalterMorel):poorminer,drunkard,irresponsibleMother(Mrs.Morel):educated,abnormalloveforhersons,possessivePaul(theyoungersonofMrs.Morel):timidboywithsensitivepersonality,advocatedinPlatonicloveMiriam:adaughteroffarmer,oversensitiveandunconfidentClara:amarriedwoman,hadanaffairwithPaul.pursuitoffreewillMrs.MoreltriedtofindemotionalfulfillmentthroughherbondwithPaul.Paulsoughttobreakfreefromhismotherthroughdevelopingrelationshipswithotherwomen.WhenhefellinlovewithMiriamandClara,hethoughtheescapedfromthecontrolofhismother.•OedipusComplex恋母情结PaulandMrs.Moreltoldeachothertheirfeelingsfromtheirinnermostworld,andsharedthehappinessandgrievancewitheachother.Hismotherwasthemostimportantandtheonlyloftypersoninhismind.Paulthoughthispassionatelovebelongedtohisbelovedmother.-ByD.H.Lawrence(1855-1930)•TheRocking-HorseWinnerisashortstorywrittenbyD.H.Lawrence.Itwasfirstpublishedin1933,inHarper'sBazaarandsubsequentlyappearedinthefirstvolumeofLawrence'scollectedshortstories.ABriefIntroductiontotheStory•